Third intifada on the way?

Here's Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler for Thursday, December 20.

1987 ... 2000 ... 2013? 

In March, Barry Rubin asked Will the Palestinians Launch a Third "Intifadah" War on Israel? Professor Rubin surveyed the conditions under which a third intifada might occur.




The fact is that Mahmoud Abbas is in the closing phase of his leadership
and there is no clear successor.